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As mentioned previously in this blog, the Obama swoon is over. Not just in the U.S. but also in Germany. The most recent proof of it can be found in today's edition of Die Welt.
The paper published a blistering critique of Barack Obama. In a lengthy article entitled „Invisible Man: The Unscrupulous Barack Obama (or The Conscienceless Barack Obama, depending on how one translates gewissenlos) Fred Siegel, Professor at Cooper Union, Senior Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute and former advisor to Rudy Guiliani, argues two basic points: One, Obama is a great orator with nothing to back up his fancy rhetoric. Two, despite his camelot rhetoric, Obama is simply a product of the traditional Chicago-style politics of corruption. Perhaps, these arguments aren't new, but while they wouldn't have gotten any traction a year ago, they do now.
I was going to elaborate on Siegel's points, but then found out that he had stated most of them at a discussion hosted by a neoconservative frontline magazine. Read them here for yourself.
Just one more thought on Siegel's charge that Obama is a product of Chicago-style politics. What about Hillary Clinton then? Does Park Ridge not count? |
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